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Thank u so much! I'll try it again :)

I'm sorry! thanks for your help :) the coconut oil / lye mix was left in the crock pot to cook for an hour and it was set on low. coconut oil lye/distilled water avocado oil added at gel stage few drops of eo aloe juice would it be best to melt the whole thing again, blend mix it and pour...

when I poured the liquids in, I could see all the bubbles coming out from the coconut! and then had chunks of coconut soap in the liquid mix. I couldn't really stir it for too long because it was difficult to manage and it was very clumpy. is 40 degrees c too cold? should I have added all...

I tried HP soap for the first time today and the end result is definitely not what I was expecting! I added coconut oil to my lye water and left for it to get to gel stage I then removed the pot from the crock pot and let it cool down a bit (from 60 degrees c to around 40 degrees c) and...

Thanks everyone for your replies - much appreciated. and my apologies for getting the abbreviations wrong!! I didn't even realise!! :Kitten Love:

oh wow, :thumbup: thanks all for your replies. it is really interesting. I decided to add some coconut oil to my recipe so I won't end up with a very soft bar of soap and SP by 3% . I guess it is a yes and no answer. Some oil benefits may remain present and some may get lost in the...

Thanks Lion of Judah -i'm having trouble understanding what benefits are left in the oil once saponified? are there any left? is there a yes or a no answer to this? or does it depend on the oils you use? Thanks

Thank you for your replies. Is it worth using a less expensive oil for the saponification process and add a better oil as a superfat? I'm looking to make an avocado oil based recipe. But if all the benefits of the oil are lost during saponification, is there a point in adding it from the...

I can't seem to find an answer to my question!! Do the properties of oil survive when they go through the saponification process or do they completely change and the benefits are somewhat lost unless you super fat? Are all the benefits retained or some are lost, all of them lost? Is this why...